Oklahoma state university-oklahoma city student support services project soar (students overcoming academic roadblocks)

Oklahoma State University–Oklahoma City received a $720,513 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the TRIO Student Support Services program (CFDA 84.042), effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2026. The award funds Project SOAR (Students Overcoming Academic Roadblocks), which delivers comprehensive supportive services to disadvantaged college students in Oklahoma City to enhance their academic success and completion rates.

Project SOAR provides on-campus tutoring, academic advising, career counseling, financial aid assistance, and educational workshops designed to increase retention and graduation rates for low-income students, first-generation college students, and students with disabilities. The program also fosters an institutional climate supporting students who are limited English proficient, historically underrepresented in postsecondary education, homeless, aging out of foster care, or otherwise disconnected from educational pathways. Through these targeted interventions, the project enhances students' financial and economic literacy while facilitating their successful completion of postsecondary education programs and, where applicable, their transfer from two-year to four-year institutions.